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Title
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Before Lewis and Clark: The Story of the Chouteaus, the French Dynasty That Ruled America's Frontier
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Description
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This book traces some of the early generations of the Chouteau family starting with Auguste, son of René Augustin Chouteau and Marie Thérèse Bourgeois and the descendants of Marie and Pierre Laclède Liguest who was the founder of St. Louis, Missouri. Chapter 14 covers the life of François Gesseau Chouteau and Thérèse Bérénice Menard who settled in the area that became Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Cyrus Curtis : Merchant on the Missouri Frontier
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Description
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A 19 page photocopied typescript of a paper with photos, charts, maps, and bibliiographic references. One of a series of articles intended to bring recognition of the early French influence in Clay County, Missouri. Includes typed redaction of a serial novel, "A tale of Rush Creek", by Edward Curtis (son of Cyrus) together with an analysis by Kevin Fisher. Novel was serialized in the Liberty "Tribune" in 1847.
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Date
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1994
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Nicholas Jarrot and His Cahokia Mansion
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Description
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While the article describes the mansion built by Nicholas Jarrot, a French immigrant who arrived in America in 1791, New Orleans in 1793, and Cahokia in 1794, it also gives information about Jarrot and Cahokia. Older than St. Louis by 65 years, Cahokia was a center for the fur trade. Jarrot became active in the fur trade but also managed a general store and operated several mills. A sidebar, �??A Lewis and Clark Connection,�?� describes Jarrot�??s involvement with the Corps as an interpreter who also �??granted permission for Lewis to build the Corps of Discovery�??s 1803-1804 winter headquarters on one of his properties, along the River Dubois, near present-day Wood River, Illinois.�?�
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Date
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2011-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
